20140097 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20140131

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North Carolina Department of Environment and
Division of Water Resources
Water Quality Programs
Pat McCrory Thomas A. Reeder
Governor Director
January 31, 2014
Bridgeton Marine, LLC
Mr. Charles E. Douthit
1200 Trillium Circle
Raleigh, NC 27606
Natural Resources
John E. Skvarla, III
DWQ Project # 14 -0097
Craven County
Subject Property: Bridgeton Boat Works, 103 D Street, Bridgeton
Neuse River Basin, Neuse River [NEU 10, 27 -(96); SC, Sw, NSW]
Approval of 401 Water Quality Certification (GC3900) with Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. Douthit:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions and those listed below, to place fill
within or otherwise impact 0.011 acres of open waters by fill and 0.073 acres of open water by shading
for the purpose of boat ramp construction, replacement and extension of travel way for travel lift,
construction of pier with 4 boat slips and wave attenuator. The proposed project is as described within
your CAMA Major application dated January 30, 2014 and received by the N.C. Division of Water
Resources (DWR) on January 30, 2014. The impacts described in your application are covered by
General Water Quality Certification Number(s) 3900 (GC3900). This Certification(s) is issued in
conjunction with the CAMA Major Permit and General Permit(s) 198000291 issued by the US Army
Corps of Engineers (USACE). This Certification allows you to use the CAMA Major Permit when
the Division of Coastal Management issues it. In addition, you should obtain or otherwise comply with
any other required federal, state or local permits before you go ahead with your project including (but not
limited to) Erosion and Sediment Control, Non - discharge regulations. Also, this approval to proceed
with your proposed impacts or to conduct impacts to waters as depicted in your application shall
expire upon expiration of the 404 or CAMA Permit.
This approval is for the purpose and design that you described in your application. Approved plans and
specifications for this project are incorporated by reference and are enforceable parts of the permit. If you
change your project, you must notify us and you may be required to send us a new application. If the
property is sold, the new owner must be given a copy of this Certification and approval letter and is
thereby responsible for complying with all conditions. If total fills for this project (now or in the future)
exceed one acre of wetland or 150 linear feet of stream, compensatory mitigation may be required as
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Bridgeton Marine, LLC
Mr. Charles E. Douthit
January 31, 2014
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described in 15A NCAC 2H .0506 (h). This approval requires you to follow the conditions listed in the
attached certification and any additional conditions listed below.
The Additional Conditions of the Certification are:
1. Impacts Approved
The following impacts are hereby approved as long as all of the other specific and general conditions
of this Certification (or Isolated Wetland Permit) are met. No other impacts are approved
including incidental impacts:
2. Water Quality Certification
The proposed project must comply with all of the conditions of General Water Quality Certification
(GC) 3900.
3. Certificate of Completion
Upon completion of all work approved within the 401 Water Quality Certification or applicable
Buffer Rules, and any subsequent modifications, the applicant is required to return the attached
certificate of completion to the 401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit, North Carolina
Division of Water Quality, 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699 -1650.
4. Wash water from the washing of boats is considered to be a wastewater and must be collected and
disposed of properly.
5. Use of the area landward of the boat ramp and travel way are considered existing and ongoing;
therefore, in accordance with 15A NCAC 02B .0233 Neuse River Riparian Buffers, (3), (b), proposed
impacts within the 50 foot Neuse River Riparian Buffer are considered exempted (no permitting
necessary).
Violations of any condition herein set forth may result in revocation of this Certification and may result in
criminal and/or civil penalties. The authorization to proceed with your proposed impacts or to conduct
impacts to waters as depicted in your application and as authorized by this Certification shall expire upon
expiration of the 404 or CAMA Permit.
If you do not accept any of the conditions of this Certification (associated with the approved water
impacts), you may ask for an adjudicatory hearing. You must act within 60 days of the date that you
receive this letter. To ask for a hearing, send a written petition, which conforms to Chapter 150B of the
North Carolina General Statutes to the Office of Administrative Hearings, 6714 Mail Service Center,
Amount Approved (Units)
Plan Location or Reference
Stream
feet
404 /CAMA Wetlands
(acres)
Waters
0.011 (acres) fill
0.073 (acres) shading
Plan Sheet 4 of 4
Buffers
(square ft:
2. Water Quality Certification
The proposed project must comply with all of the conditions of General Water Quality Certification
(GC) 3900.
3. Certificate of Completion
Upon completion of all work approved within the 401 Water Quality Certification or applicable
Buffer Rules, and any subsequent modifications, the applicant is required to return the attached
certificate of completion to the 401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit, North Carolina
Division of Water Quality, 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699 -1650.
4. Wash water from the washing of boats is considered to be a wastewater and must be collected and
disposed of properly.
5. Use of the area landward of the boat ramp and travel way are considered existing and ongoing;
therefore, in accordance with 15A NCAC 02B .0233 Neuse River Riparian Buffers, (3), (b), proposed
impacts within the 50 foot Neuse River Riparian Buffer are considered exempted (no permitting
necessary).
Violations of any condition herein set forth may result in revocation of this Certification and may result in
criminal and/or civil penalties. The authorization to proceed with your proposed impacts or to conduct
impacts to waters as depicted in your application and as authorized by this Certification shall expire upon
expiration of the 404 or CAMA Permit.
If you do not accept any of the conditions of this Certification (associated with the approved water
impacts), you may ask for an adjudicatory hearing. You must act within 60 days of the date that you
receive this letter. To ask for a hearing, send a written petition, which conforms to Chapter 150B of the
North Carolina General Statutes to the Office of Administrative Hearings, 6714 Mail Service Center,

Bridgeton Marine, LLC
Mr. Charles E. Douthit
January 31, 2014
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Raleigh, N.C. 27699 -6714. This certification and its conditions are final and binding unless you ask for a
hearing.
This letter completes the review of the Division of Water Resources under Section 401 of the Clean
Water Act. If you have any questions, please telephone Roberto Scheller of the Washington Regional
Office at 252- 948 -3940 or Karen Higgins of the Wetlands, Buffers, Stormwater, Compliance and
Permitting (Webscape) Unit at 919- 807 -6364.
Sincerely,
For Thomas A. Reeder
Enclosures: Certificate of Completion
GC 3900
cc: Robert M. Chiles, P.E., email: bob @robertmchilespe.com
Tom Steffens, Corps of Engineers, Washington Field Office
DWR Webscape Unit
DCM, Doug Huggett, Morehead Office
DCM, David Moye, WaRO
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